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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last night, arguing that he is more like reagan than is mitt romney. >> governor romney cannot defend his record, he can't defend his past, kent defend what he's done and so his goal is to somehow throw enough mud at me. and i think it's all gonna wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, i campaigned with him in 1980, i helped him for eight years while he was president, i have made a movie about him, i have written a book about him. to suggest that governor romney is more reagan like than i am is an ac
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last...
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. >> there's a kind of big confusion here because the classic republican economic vision and the ronald reagan vision and even the dynamic republican revolution vision that you were a part of was really centering on small business and the idea that small business is the idea that creates 75% of the country and it's this dynamic force. people fail, people succeed. things happen and small business is the engine of creation. and there was big business and small business. >> and of course the secret, something all republicans opp e oppose, someone uses regulation as a weapon against other businesses and gets things pass that had are helpful to their specific corporation but harmful to competitors whereas small businesses experience the ownerousness of regulation without a lot of the benefits. this is always a problem that the republican party became affiliated or associated. i think in some large senses wrongly with big business sense. helpful to the obama administration. signed on to obama care. what happened with two of the biggest corporations in the country. too broad of a stroke. we're
. >> there's a kind of big confusion here because the classic republican economic vision and the ronald reagan vision and even the dynamic republican revolution vision that you were a part of was really centering on small business and the idea that small business is the idea that creates 75% of the country and it's this dynamic force. people fail, people succeed. things happen and small business is the engine of creation. and there was big business and small business. >> and of...
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reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak out against the president of the united states, you're not going to have ronny reagan to have to deal with. you're going to have tip o'neill to deal with. and reeves -- richard reeves said that the democrats followed tip o'neill's leadership. and when the time came, they criticized ronald reagan. but they did it in time. these were two old irish politicians that knew how to work together, even though they disagreed as fundamentally as possible. >> what we need is more people on both sides of the aisle like that. and before we go to a break, mark mcki
reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak...
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. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had heard or read something about romney in the last couple weeks said what they had heard or read made them think more negatively about him. more positively, that number was 48%. they've heard him going into this debate. this provides them a chance to say, listen, that guy you saw in the video, that's not me. i'm a different type of person. he can reset in that sense. i'm sort of with al on this. i spent a lot of time over the past week watching all of romney's debates from 2002. i watched every single debate. there were five of them. i read hundreds of clips in 2002. he was against a democrat. >> you really should get a life. >> i know, it's pat
. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had...
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there was a bias in 1980 when ronald reagan won 41 states, in 1984 when ronald reagan won 84 states, i mean 49 states. there was a libial media bias in 1988 when george h.w. bush destroyed michael due caucus, in 2000 and 2004. get over it. >> peggy said it best. you've got to transcend it if you're a republican. >> compared to all of those other elections, there were -- there was nothing like the conservative media counterweight that there is now. >> right. >> so to the extent that there is some degree of liberal bias, in 1980, there was no fox news in 1980. there was no conservative blogosphere. >> talk radio. >> there was no talk radio. >> matt drudge. >> if anything, the world is much more -- if you look at the full spectrum of media, there's much more diversity and conservatives have plenty loud megaphone in our media environment today. >> and look at the conservatives over the past week, week and a half, that have said hey, there's a problem here. i said it on saturday. "the wall street journal" said it last sunday. laura ingram came out on monday, rush on tuesday, was talking -
there was a bias in 1980 when ronald reagan won 41 states, in 1984 when ronald reagan won 84 states, i mean 49 states. there was a libial media bias in 1988 when george h.w. bush destroyed michael due caucus, in 2000 and 2004. get over it. >> peggy said it best. you've got to transcend it if you're a republican. >> compared to all of those other elections, there were -- there was nothing like the conservative media counterweight that there is now. >> right. >> so to the...
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this is not lbj's america, this is ronald reagan's america. there was a blip on the chart in 2008 because of a bad -- i would say because of eight fumbled years by a republican white house and then a crisis. >> and also because the democratic nominee in 2008 ran a center right cultural campaign. >> right. >> this was not a nominee who talked about gay marriage, this was not a nominee to talked about guns. >> he didn't run giving anyone the idea he'd run up as much in deficit as he got shot. have you talked about balancing the budget. look what he said to dal -- he sounded a lot like paul ryan. >> they don't like changes debt and they don't like -- >> if we're going to have the now famous adult conversation, it's a very narrow channel. >> you got to get in it. >> it's a very narrow channel. and romney has to, as mark was saying, has to figure out what he's going to say about ryan. if this becomes obama versus ryan -- >> but the question that he got from the reporter was a perfect opportunity to save the future of of this country. >> and he's be
this is not lbj's america, this is ronald reagan's america. there was a blip on the chart in 2008 because of a bad -- i would say because of eight fumbled years by a republican white house and then a crisis. >> and also because the democratic nominee in 2008 ran a center right cultural campaign. >> right. >> this was not a nominee who talked about gay marriage, this was not a nominee to talked about guns. >> he didn't run giving anyone the idea he'd run up as much in...
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reagan and ronald reagan was our president and mitt romney is no ronald reagan. and i just don't see that analogy of this being -- this may be a late breaking campaign but it doesn't feel as though this race has that kind of freight and level of gravity. joe, you've talked about this a lot, in terms of '80 versus where we are now. however profound the choices are we're facing, it just does not seem romney is an historical actor on that scale. the other thing you all are saying is exactly right. when you talk to republicans in private, they will say we're not sure we can make this. you talk to democrats in private they'll say we'll just get over the line. insofar as there's candor behind the scenes, that's an interesting refrain. >> having said that, we are facing profound choices and the hope is that this becomes the campaign about something rather than nothing and that is does get exciting. thi i think it could. >> lots of luck with that. i think it going to get smaller and smaller. as the 30-second ads start. >> i don't know. i think the time is going to come f
reagan and ronald reagan was our president and mitt romney is no ronald reagan. and i just don't see that analogy of this being -- this may be a late breaking campaign but it doesn't feel as though this race has that kind of freight and level of gravity. joe, you've talked about this a lot, in terms of '80 versus where we are now. however profound the choices are we're facing, it just does not seem romney is an historical actor on that scale. the other thing you all are saying is exactly right....
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ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >> let's go to gdp growth. >> and by the way, that's difficult for the president because the unemployment rate exploded the first year or two under the president and then came down. >> that's difficult for the president? >> what i'm saying, i'm saying it's harder to predict about the trend lines for the president because when he came in, you know, we hadn't bottomed out yet. >> that's true. with reagan it went up and came back down. the problem with the president it's not coming down it's flatlining. the unemployment per se is flatlining and that's his problem. to gdp growth under obama has be
ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >>...
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after ford lost, you had a swing to the more conservative ronald reagan. more proposition, i'm speculating on what would happen if either won the nomination and lost to obama. if romney wins the nomination and loses to obama, it strengthens the hand of cultural warriors, pop list tea partiers. if santorum loses the race to obama, it strengthens the hands of conservatives. it strengthens the hands of chris christie and jeb bush who can come back and bring the party back to the winnable, not the center. >> and we're not talking ideology. jeb bush is not a centrist. jeb bush is a conservative. chris jentry is a conservative. >> but they're left of rick santorum. >> jeb bush would never vote for $7 million drug benefit plan without paying for it. i know jeb bush. i didn't know that was the right/left position. i thought it was more of a 20th century position versus a 19th century stay on the farm and help me position. >> coming next, the early days of the presidency. a new book looks at the players involved in crafting the $800 billion stimulus plan and ask wh
after ford lost, you had a swing to the more conservative ronald reagan. more proposition, i'm speculating on what would happen if either won the nomination and lost to obama. if romney wins the nomination and loses to obama, it strengthens the hand of cultural warriors, pop list tea partiers. if santorum loses the race to obama, it strengthens the hands of conservatives. it strengthens the hands of chris christie and jeb bush who can come back and bring the party back to the winnable, not the...
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who is the ronald reagan? >> well, there is no ronald reagan. >> okay. who's the george h.w. bush? >> i would settle for michael reagan at this point. >> i will tell you this -- >> it's mitt romney. >> i know this sounds crazy. but if i'm looking at the field right now, i'm telling newt gingrich, keep your head down, don't blow yourself up in iowa because there's going to be a lot of teeth gnashing and weeping after the guy that's got a 24% ceiling wins iowa. and the conservative split. because everybody's going to start looking saying, okay, who is the conservative? we're not going to allow a guy that has the 24% of the moderates in the republican party voting for him while this conservative party pushes another let's say gerald ford to the finish line. >> most of the scenarios -- >> and by the way, i need to explain this. this isn't necessarily what i feel. i know i need to explain this. i'm telling you as i have predicted crazy never wins in the republican party and it doesn't. but the republican party just like i said when newt gingrich was at 38%, 39% wasn't going to stand for
who is the ronald reagan? >> well, there is no ronald reagan. >> okay. who's the george h.w. bush? >> i would settle for michael reagan at this point. >> i will tell you this -- >> it's mitt romney. >> i know this sounds crazy. but if i'm looking at the field right now, i'm telling newt gingrich, keep your head down, don't blow yourself up in iowa because there's going to be a lot of teeth gnashing and weeping after the guy that's got a 24% ceiling wins iowa....
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all i would do is show mitt romney saying that he wasn't a ronald reagan -- he wasn't a reagan conservative, he wasn't a republican, show him saying that he would fight like hell to defend abortion in massachusetts, saying he would fight like hell to defend gay marriage talking about gun control. that's the stupidity of this attack. if you just run those arguments. you take 15 points off of mitt romney in south carolina. >> joe, one last thing on bain capital. the best defense is roll out on the people they invested in. they were the sports authority, they were like you said, pizza hut. these are companies that americans can relate to. it's nothing that's not voodoo, not black magic. >> mitt romney spent part of his time yesterday trying to fend off these attacks that his work at bain led to thousands of americans losing their jobs. >> i think any time a job is lost, it's a tragedy. for the family, for the individual that loses a job, it's just devastating. and every time that we invested in the business it was to try and encourage that business to have ongoing life. the idea of making a sh
all i would do is show mitt romney saying that he wasn't a ronald reagan -- he wasn't a reagan conservative, he wasn't a republican, show him saying that he would fight like hell to defend abortion in massachusetts, saying he would fight like hell to defend gay marriage talking about gun control. that's the stupidity of this attack. if you just run those arguments. you take 15 points off of mitt romney in south carolina. >> joe, one last thing on bain capital. the best defense is roll out...
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reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a second. i'm sorry. >> this is the best part right here. it's coming up. >> he's no better at constitutional law than he is at republican politics. >> oh, please. he spoke about that too. i'll get there. >> barack obama is the expert on who can win a republican primary today? >> you simmer down. stop. >> i'm relaxed. i don't say -- i have never once -- never once have you heard me say that anything that barack obama supports is, quote, radical vision for america. >> right. ok. >> and goes against everything -- what did he say? goes against everything -- >> well, you haven't talked about the ryan budget then. >> ant
reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a...
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that said, though, newt always talks about ronald reagan. i guarantee you, newt gingrich was not hurting more last night than ronald reagan was hurting in 1976 when gerald ford won the republican nomination by saying, by saying that ronald reagan, president ronald reagan could start world war iii and yet reagan rose above it in the '76 convention. he got up there and smiled and he won the moment, he won the day and he won the nomination four years later starting that night. >> i'm not sure he did it the night that ford said it. >> but this happens. explain how politicians who get kicked, treated badly, still if they have the discipline to fly upside down, using newt's terminology, they get up there and smile and make americans think that they won. >> that's exactly the point. you have to be -- if you're going to be successful in politics, i think you have to be an optimist because you have to believe you're going to figure out a way to win the campaign, win the day. >> but to joe's point about, you know, having no one that joe has ever met t
that said, though, newt always talks about ronald reagan. i guarantee you, newt gingrich was not hurting more last night than ronald reagan was hurting in 1976 when gerald ford won the republican nomination by saying, by saying that ronald reagan, president ronald reagan could start world war iii and yet reagan rose above it in the '76 convention. he got up there and smiled and he won the moment, he won the day and he won the nomination four years later starting that night. >> i'm not...
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the greatest example of this is ronald reagan who was a new dealer with fdr and a union leader out in hollywood. he moved in the '50s and '60s to the right. so that's fine. the move to the right is fine. but nobody down tubted in 1964 ronald reagan gave that speech for barry gold water whether he was dancing by numbers or whether he felt it in his core, in his heart, in his soul. there is not a speech that i have heard mitt romney give on free enterprise, on lower taxes, on lower regulation, on economic growth, on hope, on prosperity, on the things that make conservative dorks like me get excited and stand up at conventions and cheer and say, this guy has to win! if we want america to be greater. i have never heard one of those speeches from mitt romney, and neither have any other conservatives in america. here, though, is the great irony about i think -- well, perhaps not an irony, but, you know, nixon always said go to the right and then go to the middle in the general election. look over the past 25, 30 years, even 40 years. i have said it before. the mainstream media is always hor
the greatest example of this is ronald reagan who was a new dealer with fdr and a union leader out in hollywood. he moved in the '50s and '60s to the right. so that's fine. the move to the right is fine. but nobody down tubted in 1964 ronald reagan gave that speech for barry gold water whether he was dancing by numbers or whether he felt it in his core, in his heart, in his soul. there is not a speech that i have heard mitt romney give on free enterprise, on lower taxes, on lower regulation, on...
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i thought it was terrible that ronald reagan fired the patco people. reassured the re-election. not because people are anti-union but a guy to stand up and do what -- >> imagine that move which was a courageous move today. make that move today and the scrutiny and the pulling apart and the ripping of it. >> look what they tweeted -- look what they tweeted -- >> a lot easier. >> it is true. >> to get that done when you are not, you know, when the locusts do not descend upon any -- >> you know, i unfortunately, i'm on twitter. i could literally sit here and look at the camera saying two plus two equals four and have 50 people tweet me i'm a gop shill. gene, do you think president obama will be one of the most courageous presidents in the history? i think he will. sheer force of will. he's done it. >> you can make that argument. >> make a bracelet. >> wait for history and 50 years. >> listen. all i know is bob kerry running for the senate in nebraska and i asked him once, how long do you think it would take to really revamp the social security system, make it solvent, eliminate mos
i thought it was terrible that ronald reagan fired the patco people. reassured the re-election. not because people are anti-union but a guy to stand up and do what -- >> imagine that move which was a courageous move today. make that move today and the scrutiny and the pulling apart and the ripping of it. >> look what they tweeted -- look what they tweeted -- >> a lot easier. >> it is true. >> to get that done when you are not, you know, when the locusts do not...
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i wasn't a republican when ronald reagan was in the white house. with all of these things, you've got newt gingrich and rick perry channelling teddy kennedy and using the same line of attack against mitt romney that teddy kennedy did so many years ago. >> yeah. i think to my mind, every primary ends up being less pleasant than people want it to be within the given party. the phone call at 3:00 a.m. being the great -- turns out he's pretty good at the 3:00 a.m. phone call, it's everything else that's a little weak. >> yeah, exactly. >> i think this in particular is -- has a lot of intermural damage. romney isn't defined. it's not as though people know him and therefore this is one more fact. people don't really know him. >> and let's talk about the effect of the super pacs. newt gingrich gets a $5 million check from a man who is obsessed with one thing. and that is beating barack obama in november. and yet, that man might as well -- and i'm dead serious, he might as well have written a check to david axelrod himself and said use this $5 million for
i wasn't a republican when ronald reagan was in the white house. with all of these things, you've got newt gingrich and rick perry channelling teddy kennedy and using the same line of attack against mitt romney that teddy kennedy did so many years ago. >> yeah. i think to my mind, every primary ends up being less pleasant than people want it to be within the given party. the phone call at 3:00 a.m. being the great -- turns out he's pretty good at the 3:00 a.m. phone call, it's everything...
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bush beats ronald reagan. ronald reagan shows what he's made of in new hampshire the next week and he comes back and wins new hampshire. mr. green, he said, i paid for this mic. eight years later it was george h.w. bush that got whipped in iowa and he went to new hampshire and just pummeled bob dole. these two states work pretty well together. you always talk about tv being the mri of the soul. iowa/new hampshire, pretty good mri for campaigns. >> there's no doubt about that, joe. while i am like tom, in favor of a regional primary or series of regional primaries, i would say this. years of covering these things, iowa and new hampshire give voters, people, a chance to meet the candidate in a way no other state primary does. and the process of politics in electing our presidents has become so remote from the average citizen that once they leave new hampshire, then the only time they are really seen is on tv or in paid ads that they direct and produce. but here in iowa and in new hampshire, you can get a sense o
bush beats ronald reagan. ronald reagan shows what he's made of in new hampshire the next week and he comes back and wins new hampshire. mr. green, he said, i paid for this mic. eight years later it was george h.w. bush that got whipped in iowa and he went to new hampshire and just pummeled bob dole. these two states work pretty well together. you always talk about tv being the mri of the soul. iowa/new hampshire, pretty good mri for campaigns. >> there's no doubt about that, joe. while i...
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who will be that next ronald reagan? who will be our heroes? who will become the next generation of the great leaders? the republican party's an empty vessel unless we view it with values. we have to believe in something. >> if it's halftime in america, i'm fearful of what the final score's going to be if we let this president start the second half as the quarterback. >> i thought you would be interested in knowing that running for president of the united states is really one series of humiliations after another. but it's also a very educational experience. and i learned three things when i was running for president. first of all, i learned where john wayne was born. that's very important. and then second, i learned the day that elvis presley was born. these are vital issues to our republic. and third i learned, never forget the three things that you learned. very important when you're running for president. >> you were talking about yesterday how good she was. >> she was so funny. >> the reviews for michele bachmann were all positive. >> oh, y
who will be that next ronald reagan? who will be our heroes? who will become the next generation of the great leaders? the republican party's an empty vessel unless we view it with values. we have to believe in something. >> if it's halftime in america, i'm fearful of what the final score's going to be if we let this president start the second half as the quarterback. >> i thought you would be interested in knowing that running for president of the united states is really one series...
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just like you heard democrats say after ronald reagan passed away, oh, back when ronald reagan -- he was a good republican. but you look at hillary and bill and you go from '93/ '94 when it was the middle -- these guys have progressed to a -- this new place nobody would have imagined. >> the good democrat that republicans admire who did the biggest tax increase in history. >> and you've got -- >> without a single republican vote. and who then went on a health care crusade in which there was a conscience, conscience choice made to not try to get any republican votes which is part of why the whole thing collapsed. so there was -- this notion, the compromise was great and it's necessary, but there wasn't really that much of it during the clinton administration. as that speech would have suggested. he couldn't stand up there and say, here's all the models of where i compromised successfully with republicans. >> certainly not in '93 and '94. >> the world trade agreement and nafta, two things no one in that audience wants to hear about, bill clinton did that with republicans in the first t
just like you heard democrats say after ronald reagan passed away, oh, back when ronald reagan -- he was a good republican. but you look at hillary and bill and you go from '93/ '94 when it was the middle -- these guys have progressed to a -- this new place nobody would have imagined. >> the good democrat that republicans admire who did the biggest tax increase in history. >> and you've got -- >> without a single republican vote. and who then went on a health care crusade in...
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. >> from debates, you'd think newt gingrich was ronald reagan's vice president. but in his diaries, he mentioned him only once. >> gingrich tried to get a piece of jfk's mantle by promising a moon shot. >> we will have the first permanent base on the moon. and it will be american. >> the former house speaker answered criticism he took from another house speaker, nancy pelosi. >> she lives in a san francisco environment of very strange fantasies. >> meanwhile, sarah palin metaphorically accused romney supporter chris christie of wearing women's underwear. >> well, kind of get your panties in a wad and you may say things you regret later and i think that's what chris christie did. >> at number two, the buffett rules. ♪ dinah, won't you blow your horn ♪ >> the chinese rang in their new year this week, and for reasons that remained unclear at press time, american billionaire warren buffett was invited to play the ukulele on china's version of "dick clark's rockin' new year's eve." ♪ i've been working on the railroad ♪ >> buffett's performance quickly turned t
. >> from debates, you'd think newt gingrich was ronald reagan's vice president. but in his diaries, he mentioned him only once. >> gingrich tried to get a piece of jfk's mantle by promising a moon shot. >> we will have the first permanent base on the moon. and it will be american. >> the former house speaker answered criticism he took from another house speaker, nancy pelosi. >> she lives in a san francisco environment of very strange fantasies. >>...
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>> to paraphrase ronald reagan, there's so many manure around here, there has to be pony someplace. i think common sense takes over. nobody wants the taxes on 98% of the american people to go up. >> richard wolf, you are in washington d.c., the capital of incompetent this morning. >> yeah. >> senator reid used a phrase that has nothing to do with being a republican or democrat at this stage, i don't think, for a lot of people. the phrase he used is the american people don't understand blah, blah, blah what's going on. the american people i would submit don't understand how these people cannot do their jobs that they're elected to. so i'm wondering what's your take on what's going on in washington? you're sitting in washington. >> right. the at least we have bipartisan agreement it's all nuts, right? everyone agrees this is ridiculous and in spite of what they say, they've been talking about it for months and years and there was ample talk about what a framework should be through the election, which wasn't that long ago. there's plenty of debate. to tie the two stories we have been t
>> to paraphrase ronald reagan, there's so many manure around here, there has to be pony someplace. i think common sense takes over. nobody wants the taxes on 98% of the american people to go up. >> richard wolf, you are in washington d.c., the capital of incompetent this morning. >> yeah. >> senator reid used a phrase that has nothing to do with being a republican or democrat at this stage, i don't think, for a lot of people. the phrase he used is the american people...
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you don't have a seating republican president running against ronald reagan. you've got a guy that had everything going for him, ran against the weakest field i would say in over the past 100 years. in fact, i went back -- i can't think of a weaker field than this republican field. and i'm just talking organization, i'm talking ability on the campaign trail, i'm talking about resumes. i think if the republican establishment is giving any opportunity as they get toward tampa to say well, you know, he's not going to be at 50%, he's not going to have the numbers needed to lock this down. let's call chris christie, let's call jeb bush, let's call paul ryan. let's go another way. >> yeah, you're right, historically controlling factors aren't there. in '76, you had a movement figure. reagan was the embodiment of something. everybody forgets, he tried to run in '68 briefly. it was a three-day campaign, but nixon was worried about him. so reagan was much more of a formidable figure even in '76 than either gingrich or santorum. and you're right, ford had the white hous
you don't have a seating republican president running against ronald reagan. you've got a guy that had everything going for him, ran against the weakest field i would say in over the past 100 years. in fact, i went back -- i can't think of a weaker field than this republican field. and i'm just talking organization, i'm talking ability on the campaign trail, i'm talking about resumes. i think if the republican establishment is giving any opportunity as they get toward tampa to say well, you...
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fdr wins, ronald reagan wins. resentment, bitterness, division does not win. and at the end of the day, occupy wall street and the tea party movement on the other side is a movement of resentment. it doesn't win in presidential years. >> and it doesn't inform a plan. when you talk to officials within the administration, you say what is your plan for the second term? what is your economic recovery plan? there isn't one. the next year is about stoking this resentment, fueling this class resentment, and how does it transform into some sort of governing strategy for a second term is lost on people and i think it's a contrast romney can point to. >> that line stood out to all of us last night. >> yeah. because one of the things, the obama campaign obviously hasn't been put together in a full form yet. but off of what joe said, this is a country about achievement not resentment. and if they head to -- if they take the resentment path, if president obama takes the resentment path, that's not going to bode well for him. people don't resent millionaires and billionaire
fdr wins, ronald reagan wins. resentment, bitterness, division does not win. and at the end of the day, occupy wall street and the tea party movement on the other side is a movement of resentment. it doesn't win in presidential years. >> and it doesn't inform a plan. when you talk to officials within the administration, you say what is your plan for the second term? what is your economic recovery plan? there isn't one. the next year is about stoking this resentment, fueling this class...
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this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftist president in american history. >> another good one. another good endorsement. >> you get a big kick out of that, don't you? >> i don't understand why people can't get behind mitt romney. i can endorse mitt romney right now. i don't get that. >> harold, it is interesting that this republican field, they lose -- i mean, listen. i'm not in politics. i'm supposed to analyze. that's what i do. so i can say mitt romney is not a conservative guy. if you are in there and you are in the gang and if you are going to endorse endorse the guy on the team the full throated endorsement or just stay home. it's not just newt here at all. we are not picking on him. it is santorum and marco rubio and the people who feel the need to cover their backs and say he is good but not that good. >> four years ago democrats were we in a battle with senator clinton and senator obama. june around this time four years ago you had tara mccullf on the s
this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftist president in american history. >> another good one. another good endorsement. >> you get a big kick out of that, don't you? >> i don't understand why people can't get behind mitt romney. i can endorse mitt romney right now. i don't get that. >> harold, it is interesting that this republican field, they lose -- i mean, listen. i'm not in politics....
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even ronald reagan during his conservative time, there was no way in 1984 he was talking about the kind of issues that have now gone beyond the consensus of where the country's at. contraception as you were talking about earlier, women's rights, gay rights, we've moved beyond these social issues that the republican party is talking about. and you're right. if they go too far, there may be some republican establishment guys who say, wait a minute, neither of these characters or any of these characters are going to win. the problem is in a primary system, there are no bosses left. there used to be bosses who could broker things at conventions. i don't know who they are anymore. that's the problem. >> isn't it fascinating, in the american system the presidential candidate, the front runner becomes the symbol for the entire party. we all know if jeb bush were leading the field right now, people might be talking about his family, what his brother did wrong, but they wouldn't be talking about all of these religious issues and contraception and i'll guarantee you, jeb would've picked up the ph
even ronald reagan during his conservative time, there was no way in 1984 he was talking about the kind of issues that have now gone beyond the consensus of where the country's at. contraception as you were talking about earlier, women's rights, gay rights, we've moved beyond these social issues that the republican party is talking about. and you're right. if they go too far, there may be some republican establishment guys who say, wait a minute, neither of these characters or any of these...
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i talked about tip o'neill and ronald reagan of the 1980s. didn't see eye to eye. they got things done. '90s you and bill clinton. a fascinating character. you guys obviously didn't see eye to eye. you got things done. and bill clinton is having a huge impact in this race. rich lowry of course of the national review said if you want to see when this election turned it was in the middle of bill clinton's speech. this guy still -- you said something about georgia ads. what was that? >> i was told last night by randy evans who is the national committeeman from georgia that there are more ads in georgia for obama with clinton in them than there are with obama in them. which makes sense. you know, bill clinton is the best political figure in terms of skill since ronald reagan. >> right. >> that's just a fact. >> right. >> and his ability to communicate, i thought his speech, which i had to watch, i actually didn't watch the obama speech. >> right. >> i watched the clinton speech. i thought it would be more creative, more interesting. and it turned out to be a lot more i
i talked about tip o'neill and ronald reagan of the 1980s. didn't see eye to eye. they got things done. '90s you and bill clinton. a fascinating character. you guys obviously didn't see eye to eye. you got things done. and bill clinton is having a huge impact in this race. rich lowry of course of the national review said if you want to see when this election turned it was in the middle of bill clinton's speech. this guy still -- you said something about georgia ads. what was that? >> i...
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ask ronald reagan, ask richard nixon. i mean, ask them all. >> and to your point, joe, there is going to be $2 billion more spent this cycle from super pacs and 100% of those ads will be negative, all negative. >> they will be $2 billion in addition to what the campaigns are doing. you're right, the environment and the mood is going to be so incredibly poisonous by the time somebody gets elected it's going to be difficult for either to govern. >> there's a price to be paid even before the election. and the price for president obama is, some of his supporters are diminishing in enthusiasm. if you look at the poll, the poll is basically good news for the president, except look at high interest voters and those are voters who say, it's nine or ten out of ten likely they're going to vote. romney is ahead with high interest voters. that's a red flag for the president. >> so, a sign that the negative campaign attacks may be taking a greater toll on mitt romney than the president, the personal likability gap is at 20%. 67% say t
ask ronald reagan, ask richard nixon. i mean, ask them all. >> and to your point, joe, there is going to be $2 billion more spent this cycle from super pacs and 100% of those ads will be negative, all negative. >> they will be $2 billion in addition to what the campaigns are doing. you're right, the environment and the mood is going to be so incredibly poisonous by the time somebody gets elected it's going to be difficult for either to govern. >> there's a price to be paid...